In This Issue:

1 | Coalition seeks top ideas from recycling's best and brightest

Solid waste and recycling giant Waste Management, as well as global aluminum firm Alcoa, the American Chemistry Council, Coca-Cola Recycling, glass recycling firm eCullet and Resource Recycling, Inc. (the parent company of this publication) have jointly announced a new competition aimed at incubating and rewarding innovative recycling ideas.

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2 | Plastics Recycling 2013: Diverting packaging from landfills

The types of packaging have exploded in the past few years, but what is the best way for recycling programs to deal with them?

The Continuous Improvement Fund (CIF), in partnership with the Canadian Plastics Industry Association and Stewardship Ontario, have undertaken an innovative study of the cost implications and alternatives to managing residential film and flexible plastic packaging. This critical study will explore future packaging trends, recycling system capital and operating costs and the end markets for this material stream, and is expected to provide a new foundation from which municipalities and stakeholders can further advance efforts to increase the recycling and diversion of flexible film plastics from the landfill.

Come get your facts straight from the source at the 2013 Plastics Recycling Conference, which will be held March 19-20 in New Orleans. For more information, visit www.plasticsrecycling.com.

3 | Oregon hits new diversion record

Oregon recovered more than half of its municipal waste in 2011, achieving the highest rate of recovery and the lowest per-capita waste disposal since the state began tracking these numbers in 1992.

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4 | Novelis to build large UBC recycling plant in South Korea

Aluminum colossus Novelis will open an aluminum can recycling and casting center at its Yeongju, South Korea facility as part of the company's plan to significantly increase its recycling capacity.

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5 | NJ issues $13 million in recycling grants

Municipalities and other local authorities that manage waste and recycling in New Jersey will receive $13.1 million in state grants to help bolster local recycling efforts.

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6 | NewsBits

Recycling vacuums, stealing scrap and recycling winning wars — all in this week's NewsBits.

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7 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences and webinars! If you have a conference or webinar that you would like listed, please send an email to [email protected] for consideration.

8 | Jobs Available & Sought

Sales/Purchasing, Electronics Recycling Services (Santa Ana, California).
For more details, email [email protected].

Operations Manager — Electronic Waste Recycling, Planet Green (Chatworth, California).
Details are available here.

Public Works Solid Waste Manager, City of Walla Walla (Walla Walla, Washington).
Details are available here.

Plant Manager, Synagro (Sacramento, California).
Details are available here.

Refuse and Recycling Manager, Ohio University (Athens, Ohio).
Details are available online.

Director of Marketing, EPEAT (Portland, Oregon).
Details are available online.

Sustainability Specialist, Thurston County (Thurston County, Washington).
Details are available online.

Scale Operator, Bio-PAPPEL (Albuquerque, New Mexico).
Details are available here.

Plant Manager, Bio-PAPPEL (Albuquerque, New Mexico).
Details are available here.

Depot Operations Manager, Bio-PAPPEL (Albuquerque, New Mexico).
Details are available here.

Various Jobs, The IMS Group (National).
Details are available online.

Manager Solid Waste, The City of Palo Alto's Public Works Department (Palo Alto, California).
Details are available online.

President, R2 Solutions, Inc. (Anywhere in U.S.).
Details are available here.

Recycling Procurement Manager, Alpine Waste & Recycling (Denver, Colorado).
Details are available here.

Resource Recycling Systems, Technical Writer (Ann Arbor, Michigan).
Details are available here.

Resource Recycling Systems, Project Manager/Consultant 2 (Ann Arbor, Michigan).
Details are available here.

Marketing and Communications Manager, Highfields Center for Composting (Hardwick, Vermont).
Details are available online.

Various Positions, Product Stewardship Institute (Boston, Massachusetts).
Details are available online.

Assistant Manager/University Recycling & Solid Waste Programs, University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland).
Details are available online (#102198).

Various Positions Highlighted by the Northern California Recycling Association (Northern California Area).
Details are available online.

Jobs Sought
Database of job seekers available here.

If you would like to submit a job available or job sought listing, send an email to managing editor Dylan de Thomas at [email protected].